1950 Map of Hot Springs

About this map

Hot Springs serves as the gateway to the southern Black Hills, defined by its complex topography and institutional history at the start of the 1950s. The town's unique character is shaped by its role as a regional center for care and recuperation, centered around the State Soldiers Home and the Battle Mountain National Sanitarium. The surrounding landscape is a maze of deep drainages including Cold Brook Canyon, Hot Brook Canyon, and Dudley Canyon, all feeding toward the southern bend of the Fall River. Outside the municipal center, the map reveals a rural transition where the Aaberg Sch stands as a remnant of earlier settlement patterns. The terrain climbs sharply toward the Battle Mountain Reserve, where the Battle Mountain Lookout Tower overlooks the convergence of the Seven Sisters Range and the winding Cheyenne River to the south.